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More Shenzhen-Guangzhou trains after rail speedup
(Shenzhen Daily)
Updated: 2007-04-23 16:23
The number of trains departing daily from Shenzhen for Guangzhou will
reach 105, including 59 bullet trains, after the sixth national railway
acceleration takes place April 18.
According to a new schedule, the first train will depart Shenzhen at 6:22
a.m. and the last train at 10:46 p.m., and the intervals between trains
will be shortened to six minutes during peak hours.
Bullet trains, identified in timetables by the letter D, will cut the
travel time between the two cities to 52 minutes.
The prices of a ticket for bullet trains between Guangzhou and Shenzhen
have been set at 100 yuan (US$129) for first class, and 80 yuan for
second class. The price of a ticket on an ordinary train costs about 70
yuan.
On April 18, Shenzhen will add two daily trains to Xi��an (K446) and
Wuchang (K556), and two trains currently running between Shenzhen and
Maoming, and Shenzhen and Meizhou, will be halted. Also on Wednesday, the
K8 train currently running between Shenzhen to Hankou will run between
Guangzhou and Wuchang.
Tickets for the country��s new bullet trains went on sale on April 14.
On April 18, 280 bullet trains, which can travel at speeds of up to 250
kilometers per hour, will be put into operation between the country��s
major cities. A total of 514 such trains will be in use by the end of
this year.
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